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| The AHNS is a society of professional nurses
dedicated to the principles of holism. There isn’t a
Nurse in the world who ISN’T dedicated to those
principles, however, each is in a different stage of
awakening in the process of discovery and of
applying the principles in her practice.
This is clearly evident with a common reaction
that takes place when a nurse “finds” the AHNS:
“Where have you been? How long have you been
here? and What took me so long to find you?” The
discovery of AHNS existence then leads to a
somewhat frantic involvement that dances on the
border of zeal.
We are first of all people who, each in their
own way, have come to recognize that to nurse
(nurture) our patients, clients, selves and whoever
else presents themselves to us for nurturing (paid or
otherwise) requires more than education, training,
licensing and certifying. There needs to be an
understanding of our abilities and talents as agents
of healing energies.
We also recognize a need to honor the
integrity of other nurse-healers and to foster their
abilities to self-direct their own course to holism, As
people with an appreciation for the forces that direct
our life activity..in both wellness and disease..we are
open to all the possible learning experiences that
come our way. We invite and welcome them into our
lives!
Finally, we keenly recognize and heed the
need to be self-caring and self-nurturing individuals:
the physician must “heal thyself,” the musician must
keep his instrument clean and tuned. The Nurse IS
her instrument of healing. |
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